Slimani, who has done so much to enhance his reputation at this tournament, burst forward and struck with glorious sweetness only for the effort to lack precision.
When he started playing in tournaments, he burst into tears each time he lost a game, but now he merely bites his fingernails and glowers.
Rooney's failure to make an impact on a major tournament after bursting on the scene at Euro 2004 in Portugal as a teenager with Everton is his major disappointment, but also a driving force to set that record straight.
Wayne Rooney, the Manchester United striker who has rediscovered his mojo in an England shirt, has admitted to underperforming at major tournaments since bursting on to the international scene at Euro 2004 and vowed to put things right at the World Cup finals in Brazil.
For Wayne Rooney, every major tournament since he burst on to the scene at Portugal 2004 has been an exercise in disappointment.
Rooney has endured a succession of tournament failures since bursting onto the international scene at Euro 2004.
One year after Syracuse was snubbed from the N.C.A.A. tournament, its bubble has burst.
When it began [in county cricket], we played the tournament in a three-week burst and it worked.
As UCLA has recovered on its way to a surprising berth in the NCAA tournament, Parker has been a burst of comic relief, the team's jester.
Senegal's offense, dazzling in short bursts throughout the tournament, seemed to be sleepwalking until the last moments of regulation.
Universal, its distributor, is facing legal action from Richelle Olson, who claims she was hurt during filming when Baron Cohen burst into her charity bingo tournament in Desert Valley, California.
